Yet other researchers are hoping to prevent diabetes altogether. Dr. Ji-Won Yoon, of the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, is leading a team of scientists in developing a vaccine that would manipulate the gene that causes the body to kill its insulin-producing cells, as reported in the May 14, 1999 edition of Science Magazine. However, he says it will take at least 10 to 15 years to prove the vaccine would not cause dangerous side effects. Read the rest of this entry »